Brightlingsea Regent Football Club is at the heart of the local community, proudly representing the town at a semi-professional level in the Isthmian League.

We need your help to fund essential pitch and stadium maintenance that is required for whenever football resumes.

We are aiming to raise £2,500 to cover the cost of materials and equipment for reseeding, fertilising, buying a new pitch white lining machine and other essential stadium maintenance.

Club volunteers will carry out the work themselves as using an external company to do this work will cost considerably more, money we do not have following cancellation of the recent season.

We have set up a JustGiving site where supporters can contribute to this cause.

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/upthers

Next season our pitch will need to withstand up to 2 games per week across our men`s, ladies and youth teams, around 40 matches per season.

Our regular ground staff of Mick and Stitch do a great job keeping the pitch in excellent playing condition throughout the whole season, helped by match day supporters when the weather is bad.

As a result we see very few matches cancelled due to poor ground conditions. However they can only do this if the pitch is refreshed every summer.

Any contributions towards this scheme will be greatly appreciated by everyone that follows the Regent.

We hope that everyone including our volunteers, supporters, players and the local community are keeping safe and well during these difficult times.

David Newman